The discovery of such a complete skull allows researchers to learn concrete traits of the animal, such as how big muscle attachments were compared with the size of its teeth, the size of its brain ...

Biologist Katharine Edmonson asked the young boy who approached her table if he wanted to hold the tiger skull in his hands. Some children hesitate, but not 11-year-old Devin Shuman, a fifth-grader at ...

Back in its heyday, this animal likely stalked hyraxes, elephants, early hippopotamuses, and even humanity’s own monkey-like ancestors. Paleontologists located B. syrtos’ football-sized skull ...